Old Games you played that nobody else did

[DAISHI]

What games did you enjoy as a kid... or played and didn't enjoy... that it seems nobody else has? We all remember Super Mario Bros. 3, but for people like me there were also games like...

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a263/retrogamefan/NES_stock/R-Titles/Robo-Warrior.jpg
http://img.brothersoft.com/screenshots/softimage/r/robo_warrior-141029-3.jpeg

I knew nobody else who talked about this game. In it, you played ZED, a robotic warrior sent to the planet Altile to destroy the Xantho Empire and its alien emperor, Xur.

Gameplay was topdown. You wandered through fields, blowing up areas (sort of like Bomberman except bombs cleared obstructions without huge, towering infernos and you got actual other weapons) and marching against a timer to get a key to escape the field.

http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Robo_Warrior_NES_ScreenShot2.jpg

Things got really crazy when you had to go underground. Fields were in total black, making it impossible to tell where you were talking. Obstructions went unseen and enemies wandered headlong at you without you having an ability to gauge their approach.

With epic 8 bit music and and NES era difficulty, it was enough to keep my 6 year old hands busy for hours.

Oh, the underground levels had DISTURBING music loops for a child.

Here's a playthrough of the first level...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUJWTxywjKQ

[GuruGuru214]

You really like these "things you liked that nobody else did" threads (which inevitably turn into "things you thought nobody else liked but actually a bunch of people did" threads), don't you? But sure, I'll play. I'm going to interpret your loosely defined use of the term "old games" to mean "anything before the current console generation".

NES

Guerrilla War: My sister and I used to play this all the time when we were little. All references to Cuba were removed from the US version, so I didn't learn until very recently that Player 1 is supposed to be Che Guevara and Player 2 is Fidel Castro.

Genesis

Quackshot Starring Donald Duck: It's not so much that I don't think anybody else liked this game so much as I've never heard anybody else speak of it. It was pretty difficult, but I thought it was fun.

Toejam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron: Again, I've never heard anybody else speak of this game, but I loved it. This is as close as I'll ever come to appreciating "90's culture".

Zombies Ate My Neighbors: An awesome parody of horror movies with an awesomely ridiculous arsenal.

N64

My N64 library isn't big enough to accommodate anything that isn't "mainstream".

GameCube

Star Fox Adventures: The only reason I can't say that nobody else liked this game is because it's one of the few things Fawful and I agree on. I've heard almost nothing but universal disdain for this title, and I absolutely loved it.

Super Mario Sunshine: For some reason I'll never understand, Super Mario Sunshine is the black sheep of the core Mario platformer series. I loved it. I thought that the platforming was great on its own, and I really enjoyed the use of the FLUDD machine. I certainly liked Sunshine a hell of a lot more than Super Mario 64.

[coolsome]

Loads of ppl I know never played Monkey Island or Sam and Max or any adventure game.

[DAISHI]

You really like these "things you liked that nobody else did" threads (which inevitably turn into "things you thought nobody else liked but actually a bunch of people did" threads), don't you? But sure, I'll play. I'm going to interpret your loosely defined use of the term "old games" to mean "anything before the current console generation".

NES

Guerrilla War: My sister and I used to play this all the time when we were little. All references to Cuba were removed from the US version, so I didn't learn until very recently that Player 1 is supposed to be Che Guevara and Player 2 is Fidel Castro.

Genesis

Quackshot Starring Donald Duck: It's not so much that I don't think anybody else liked this game so much as I've never heard anybody else speak of it. It was pretty difficult, but I thought it was fun.

Toejam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron: Again, I've never heard anybody else speak of this game, but I loved it. This is as close as I'll ever come to appreciating "90's culture".

Zombies Ate My Neighbors: An awesome parody of horror movies with an awesomely ridiculous arsenal.

N64

My N64 library isn't big enough to accommodate anything that isn't "mainstream".

GameCube

Star Fox Adventures: The only reason I can't say that nobody else liked this game is because it's one of the few things Fawful and I agree on. I've heard almost nothing but universal disdain for this title, and I absolutely loved it.

Super Mario Sunshine: For some reason I'll never understand, Super Mario Sunshine is the black sheep of the core Mario platformer series. I loved it. I thought that the platforming was great on its own, and I really enjoyed the use of the FLUDD machine. I certainly liked Sunshine a hell of a lot more than Super Mario 64.

In my defense, the two shows I mentioned got supported by like... one other person on the board :) Oh and Star Fox Adventures was one of the best examples of the platform genre I ever played. I think the only reason most hated it was that it wasn't a real "Star Fox" game.

[Johro]

Bucky O'Hare and Loopz for the NES. No one I knew even heard of them.

http://dakkster.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/bucky-ohare-j.pnghttp://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/163393-loopz-nes-screenshot-starting-pieces.png

[DAISHI]

You're the only other person I know of to mention Bucky O'Hare. Had a cartoon too.

[Darth Marsden]

Bucky also had a kick-ass arcade game. Just throwing that out there.

I also enjoyed Super Mario Sunshine, though I can understand why others don't. Removing the focus from pure platforming and adding that water cannon does change the feel of the game a great deal. It's still a good game though, you just have to learn to deal with it. The levels where you have to clean up crap can still sod off though.

Anyway. I'd like to introduce you all to Albion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion_%28video_game%29). An odd mix between a Zelda-style top-down adventure game, an early First-Person exploration game and a turn-based RPG. I don't know why but I really adore this game, and it's not even all that great. I just love the imagination behind it, the options you have, and the fact that, if you can be sneaky enough, you can find a gun early on and promptly pwn your enemies. Awesome.
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTa98QRfueBsmYbxil17CGhArlj85amS SRwtqVB2kOCcD_DWi_qhttp://image.com.com/gamespot/images/screenshots/5/196575/albion_screen004.jpg

[Comrade Pants]

http://i.imgur.com/gUznv.jpg
Is this an old game yet? I like this game.

[Darth Marsden]

Everybody likes that game. Disqualified!

[Rather Dashing]

I don't.

[Comrade Pants]

Everybody likes that game. Disqualified!

Everybody likes golf? I was not aware.

[GuruGuru214]

I don't.

Everybody knows you don't count, though.

Everybody likes golf? I was not aware.

(Insert obligatory joke about wheelchairs and golf stances)

[Alcoremortis]

Everybody likes golf? I was not aware.

I now have this image of a PGA Tour style game where Andrew Ryan is a playable character.

THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW!

[Comrade Pants]

I now have this image of a PGA Tour style game where Andrew Ryan is a playable character.

THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW!

Fawful, you have your new game idea.

[DAISHI]

Bucky also had a kick-ass arcade game. Just throwing that out there.

I also enjoyed Super Mario Sunshine, though I can understand why others don't. Removing the focus from pure platforming and adding that water cannon does change the feel of the game a great deal. It's still a good game though, you just have to learn to deal with it. The levels where you have to clean up crap can still sod off though.

Anyway. I'd like to introduce you all to Albion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion_%28video_game%29). An odd mix between a Zelda-style top-down adventure game, an early First-Person exploration game and a turn-based RPG. I don't know why but I really adore this game, and it's not even all that great. I just love the imagination behind it, the options you have, and the fact that, if you can be sneaky enough, you can find a gun early on and promptly pwn your enemies. Awesome.
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTa98QRfueBsmYbxil17CGhArlj85amS SRwtqVB2kOCcD_DWi_qhttp://image.com.com/gamespot/images/screenshots/5/196575/albion_screen004.jpg

I remember hearing about this game but never getting a chance to play it.

[purple_monkfish]

We had so many games on my pc back in the day... oh so much shareware hahah.
Secret Agent and Crystal Caves were awesome little platformers with some fun little levels, but pretty obscure. Jill of the Jungle was the first game I ever finished all on my own! It's not a particularly difficult platformer and the "puzzle" levels were always my faves. It was the only Epic game we had for many years, most of the stuff we had was Apogee and I still get all nostalgic when I see that logo hahah.
My sister was great at platformers but I really wasn't. I'm still not. She sailed through things like Commander Keen and Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure (I always felt sorry for that alien kid, he just wanted to go to Disneyworld!) but it's Monster Bash that I still to this day go back and play every so often. The random gore, the monsters, the completely loony plot! I mean, you're running around in footy pjs with a slingshot saving cats and dogs from Zombies!?? Wth? Best part is how the monsters explode in a shower of gore when you shoot them hahaha. You know, for kids! Only problem is, the version I have on my pc atm is glitched and I can't sneak past the stupid dragon. But the level after that I do recall has one pet in such an impossible to access spot that you need a major trick shot to get it, if you fall in the hole where it is, you can't get out again either and have to restart. Bah, poor design there but what do you expect? These games were made on next to no budget and super fast. Still, they're great fun.

Honestly, I don't think many people have every played my two all time fave games either:
Loom and Planescape: Torment. Heard of perhaps, but i've yet to meet someone who's played them, let alone loved them as I do.

Or how about Amber: Journeys Beyond, which I haven't been able to finish because the game doesn't like to run on NT. I can get right to the endgame but then a keyboard interface messes everything up. Most annoying. That game is STRANGE, seriously odd.

Recently i've been playing Jet Set Willy again. Oh JSW... that game raises so many questions. Why is his housemaid such a hard arse? Why is his house infested with monsters? Why does he have a nightmare room? My current theory is that he's still tripping from that bad acid he took at the party, because it's the only explanation I have for ballerina bunnies, penguins infesting the freezer and giant scary heads in the chapel. It also cracks me up that you have to go visit the off licence at the end of his drive. NO Willy! You've had enough to drink! More won't make the monsters go away!

I still remember going downstairs one morning to find my sister sitting in the middle of the rumpus room with her brand new Amstrad playing JSW. Of course, I wasn't allowed anywhere near the Amstrad but I would sit and watch her play and annoy the hell out of her asking for a turn heh. Isn't that what small kids are supposed to do?
Anyway, from what I understand of it, you can't actually finish that bloody game without cheats anyway. It's really difficult AND glitched to hell. Ooops.
Still a classic though.

[Jon NA]

The Sting! (Der Clou 2) (http://www.old-games.com/download/5595/sting-the-a-k-a)

http://www.pcgames.de/screenshots/original/2001/11/7291tpm312.jpg

and

Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf (AKA. Sheep Raider) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep,_Dog_%27n%27_Wolf)

Have anyone else here played them?

[Darth Marsden]

Thought of another one. Chewy: Esc from F5 (http://www.mobygames.com/game/chewy-esc-from-f5). Don't bother tracking it down, it's not that great.

[RetroVortex]

You're the only other person I know of to mention Bucky O'Hare. Had a cartoon too.

Never had the game, (since I never had a Nes), but that TV show was pretty good. Shame it never got anywhere.

Also have the toys up in my loft.

[Skogur]

When it comes to the NES I'm pretty sure no one heard of Super Mario Brothe... oh well, maybe this game fits the topic better.
(it's an awesome game for the N64)
http://i53.tinypic.com/n2crpz.gif

[supmandude85]

http://www.gamersace.com/images/Genesis-KLAX-C.jpg

[Mr Nutt]

http://sydlexia.com/imagesandstuff/alex_kidd_in_miracle_world/alex01.png
Alex Kidd! Although to be fair I have yet to meet someone who has even heard of a Sega Master System.

[ShaggE]

I have yet to meet someone who has even heard of a Sega Master System.

This saddens me greatly.

[Alcoremortis]

I finally remembered this one game I used to play. For years, all that I could remember was that it was very purple, but recently I suddenly recalled it's name: Next Stop Mars!

I still can't really remember what it was about at all (except, presumably, Mars), but I haven't run into anyone else who has played this game, and I can't even find my own copy of it anymore.

[ShaggE]

^ Are you 100% sure on that name? My Google Fu is pretty strong (if I do say so myself *cracks knuckles*) when it comes to hunting obscure games, and all I'm finding is a massively shitty emo electronic band with some of the worst vocals I've ever heard.

... Oh god, I can't unhear them now. Look at what you did.

[Iryon]

I just love the imagination behind it, the options you have, and the fact that, if you can be sneaky enough, you can find a gun early on and promptly pwn your enemies. Awesome.


I instantly found that darn gun but for some reason always ended up taking it to the door where the guard took it away! I know how I should have done it, pretty obvious, storing it in that hatch ... but never managed to do so ... frustrating.

[Darth Marsden]

http://sydlexia.com/imagesandstuff/alex_kidd_in_miracle_world/alex01.png
Alex Kidd! Although to be fair I have yet to meet someone who has even heard of a Sega Master System.I never got past the Rock-Paper-Scissors bit. NEVER.

[doodo!]

What a awesome thread!

Pickel wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds3HdJiyyMk

Xargon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVK4_Yg0jFg

D Generation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN9b6A9LdtQ&feature=related

Street Rod
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqpr7K4jf2o

Test Drive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fif3mb3TkKc
Lamborghini American Challenge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psBy4raWL-U
Speed Racer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioWfGAfPt1s
Star Wars TPM-Can be stupid hard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyyx_fzI38I&feature=fvst
STTNG A Final unity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpEwmAXcQFw
Word/ math rescue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIXsvR4NX7E
Terminator:Future Shock (awesome game) I played this back them imagining how great games would one day be, and well...didn't happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p62hA4GUw8&feature=related
Terminal Velocity(same story ^^^^)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU6ti5Ng6hg
Descent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nslhhZO1FkY&feature=related
Iron Blood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYlUvy8NijI
Rebel Assualt II (PC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrnuGT5KxnU
Mickey's 123: The Big Surprise Party
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO3Jpn1u5y4
Donald's alaphabet chase!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mex-YfFZkE
Star Wars NES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1rn34nOViM

Start there to stir up some memories.

Here's a few more that you may or may not have played
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zyQ_OVyhNE

One Must Fall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15bvpznQP5M

Whacky wheels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vVIiKp6xMs&feature=related

Jazz Jack rabbit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b16upFloYak&feature=related

Billly the kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrwQ4ny7TTk
Ticonderoga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGMlzmzcDsA

Flight Simulator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjrXPMv99aQ

Vette, used to be fun some how
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTrRvDPjQM4

[DAISHI]

When it comes to the NES I'm pretty sure no one heard of Super Mario Brothe... oh well, maybe this game fits the topic better.
(it's an awesome game for the N64)
http://i53.tinypic.com/n2crpz.gif

THIS WAS AN AWESOME GAME. So ridiculous!

http://sydlexia.com/imagesandstuff/alex_kidd_in_miracle_world/alex01.png
Alex Kidd! Although to be fair I have yet to meet someone who has even heard of a Sega Master System.

Game was a classic!

[DAISHI]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Crystalisboxart.jpg

This seemed like a classic RPG to me when I first played it but I soon found out it took place in an apocalyptic future. The player awoke with no memory into a medieval world, only to find out you're in a future in which the world was devastated by thermonuclear world. Science is taboo and magic thrives, and a tower keeps watch over the world. The Emperor Draygon has revived science and combined it with magic though, leading an invasion of the tower to dominate the world. Your memories come back and you realize you were a scientist who helped develop the tower and was only to awaken when the tower was activated.

The world was top down like most RPGs of the era.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/Crystalis_gameplay.png

Only by forging the sword Crystalis could you overcome the tower and save the world from a second apocalypse.

[doodo!]

Ecco the dolphin

Quackshot

The Exterminator, maybe, something about killing bugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJzEq4wTgeU&feature=related

shadow warrior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwOYJ2ctPsQ

[DAISHI]

Damn. Final Unity drove me crazy as a kid.

Star Trek put out some AWESOME adventure games.

[Icedhope]

I personally liked Chameleon Twist.

[filthynerd]

wacky wheels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vVIiKp6xMs

rise of the triad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqAQLHkRs18

That's probably it...never was hardcore like that.
Sports was a bigger priority during that time.

[Scnew]

I loved Crystalis, Bucky O'Hare, One Must Fall 2097, and The Phantom Menace game. Although I loathed the gungan city level in Phantom Menace. I remember there was this one platforming section where Obi-wan had to jump over these platforms that moved up and down for some reason and for some reason I just couldn't get it for ages. I have fond memories of the rest of the game though. My friend and I to this day joke about thinking that Barbo, a random alien from the Mos Espa level, is the most compelling character in the Star Wars canon. Barbo is going as fast as he can!

Some games for me are...

Dragon Force for Sega Saturn. Strategy RPG that no one I knew played... very possibly because nobody I knew had a Sega Saturn. One of the few games that I replayed over and over. I beat it at least once with every character and then some. My favorite was the samurai guy because his troops effed up dragon troops.

Vanguard Bandits for PS1. Another strategy RPG... I really like strategy RPGs. This one was more in the Shining Force/Final Fantasy Tactics vein, except you were fighting in mechs. It had multiple paths and endings and was awesome.

[corruptbiggins]

It annoys me that I've not been able to get Final Unity running on a modern PC.

Anyway, old games I played that nobody else did? Depends on how old you mean. Take something like Crime Cities, came out in 2000 I think and the only reason I played it was because I got it free with some hair gel or something when I was on holiday in Cyprus. It's not a good game.

I did however enjoy Spycraft: The Great Game from Activision in 1996. Still got it too, along with SPQR: The Empire's Darkest Hour (also from '96) which I only played a little bit then could never get it working again.

The problem with this is that I can't just go through my old games, I also have to guess which ones other people didn't play. So I could guess with something like Screamer, a racing game from 1995, Schizm(2001) and The Ward (which I really liked when I played it, back in 2000).

I struggle to remember what I played in the '80s, apart from some of the obvious titles so I'm relying on my '90s games. I seem to recall playing a lot of Psygnosis titles (other than the obvious) such as Ecstatica II (can't remember if I played the first one, I just know that it was creepy and I never finished it) and Pyrotechnica (kinda like Descent but not as good though it's music was awesome).

There is one more game I can think of and I wasn't going to mention it because I'm sure other people on here have played it but stuff it I will anyway. It was The Feeble Files and I played it for two reasons. One, it was made by Adventure Soft and the main character was voiced by Robert Llewellyn.

That'll do for now, as I'm sure other people will be along to disqualify these games by having played them themselves and so depriving me of what I thought were unique experiences. I'm going to spend some time looking to see if there are any gameplay videos of Pyrotechnica on YouTube just cause I'm feeling nostalgic.

Additional:

These are all DOS/Windows (ok, mostly DOS) games, as I still have most of them so it has been just a matter of looking at my game shelves. I'll actually have to think about console games, but I doubt I'll remember any obscure ones as I tended to gravitate towards the popular titles back in my PS1 and earlier days.

(Also people referring to the Sega Genesis always confuses me being British and all, and when I remember what they are talking about it just makes me want to shout "it's the bloody Mega Drive". It doesn't really matter though as I've never owned one, only played on a friend's. Same with the Master System. I'm a child of Nintendo, through & through.)

[redm]

http://minusonecredit.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/radical-box-art.jpg

[Comrade Pants]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Assault_Rigs_Coverart.jpg

[Johro]

haha. I played Billy The Kid and Mickey's 123 too.

[Alcoremortis]

^ Are you 100% sure on that name? My Google Fu is pretty strong (if I do say so myself *cracks knuckles*) when it comes to hunting obscure games, and all I'm finding is a massively shitty emo electronic band with some of the worst vocals I've ever heard.

... Oh god, I can't unhear them now. Look at what you did.

Sorry, I slipped when I was typing. I meant Next Step Mars. (http://www.amazon.com/Next-Step-Mars-Mac-CD-Rom/dp/B00109ULXG)

[Terpor]

Here's few

NES
Journey to Silius
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GG7fcVD18I

Ufouria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAoDvMg1CTY

Mr Gimmick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYcf2yUgblc

Gremlins 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCrjGQll62o

Shadow of the Ninja
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqxlpSp9uOo

Master System

Master of Darkness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TThacM-sl5U

Wonder Boy in a Monster World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TThacM-sl5U

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqekqoF1LuQ

Sega Megadrive

Landstalker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOUP1Y_h2AQ&feature=channel_video_title

Wonder Boy IV in Monster World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URihFwVjcwM

Rings of Power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y2aSZSqZIE

[SillyStell]

http://www.fotos.org/galeria/data/895/Alfred-chicken-PSX.jpg
Simple platformer but really silly and fun. Did a review of it once looong ago but the review is crap so I'd recomend just playing the game for your self.

[purple_monkfish]

How about SimAnt? Man that game was odd. The manual is primarily someone's essay/love letter to ants lol. The game itself is really just a death match, black vs red but it was kinda fun to send the spider toward the enemy and watch it mess their stuff up ahahhha. Ahem.

That game taught me far more about ants than I ever really wanted or needed to know.

More games i've been playing again recently in a fit of nostalgia: Lotus (racing game), Stunts (AWESOME racing game heh, I love Stunts), Eco Quest and Mixed up Fairy Tales (ahahaha, stupid lazy dragon, why can't YOU do something to help your world? Bah)


I'm still working up the courage to attempt the Home Alone game. I recall it being EVIL as a child, I mean it really was difficult. You have to run about and set up traps, then try not to get captured. It's on a timer or something but daaaamn...


We weren't allowed a console when I was a kid. My parents insisted we had a pc so had no need for a console. Much sadness. My sister sometimes rented a Megadrive from the local video store so I have played Toejam and Earl, as well as the Ren and Stimpy video game.

Math and word rescue were awesome! As was Math Mountain. We had that one on the computer at school lol.

I was horrible at flight sim but I loved Jazz Jackrabbit. Can't you get a bird thing to fight along side you in that game? I was always sad when it died heh.

[doodo!]

OMG we played a lot of the same games, yo. I'd go back to that era of gaming because honestlly it was a millions times better, cooler. Honestly, what lives up to your expecations from back then?

[doodo!]

They dont make them like this anymore
Quaraintine: Road warrior.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wilYD4Fs8l8

Video games used to be good, exciting , not they suck

Stunts Power Gear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcMeCUzZ6sA&feature=related

From when games were good F-19 Stealth Fighter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kCvSyJaYbc

Wing Commander
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgDvW7QDfhQ&feature=related

Privateer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC9se7aZafE&feature=related

Nightraid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Hnjmxizqw

Talking ABCS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEB_TjIsyf8&feature=related

I don't play games anymore, they are mostly just military adverts with all due respect to our armed forces. And the rest are just shite.

Garfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFGBudHPsvk


Lion King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlSZ9Rs7nRs&feature=related

Ford Simulator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff-P-Gwe8C8&feature=related

Captain Quazar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hnFzlN3EJQ

I have to get this game, it looks epcily retro-did not play this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ddGp5RDQM&feature=related

[Mr Nutt]

I never got past the Rock-Paper-Scissors bit. NEVER.

Well with the magic of an emulator (my dad threw away the Master System II and games without asking anyone) I finally beat it. I guess I might as well bring up the other games I had. Sonic The Hegehog 2, Sonic Chaos (almost beat it once), a Mickey Mouse game I can't remember the name of, Lion King and some racing game I never got around to playing.

[doodo!]

Well with the magic of an emulator (my dad threw away the Master System II and games without asking anyone) I finally beat it. I guess I might as well bring up the other games I had. Sonic The Hegehog 2, Sonic Chaos (almost beat it once), a Mickey Mouse game I can't remember the name of, Lion King and some racing game I never got around to playing.

Disney games are all listed on the wikipedia.

[JuntMonkey]

People are naming too many popular games.

I'll go with Manhunter: New York and Manhunter 2: San Francisco, just about the least well-known of Sierra's adventure games. The first one is really good - haven't played through 2 in a long time, but as I recall it might be overly big and crazy. Fantastically depressing Orwellian atmosphere.

I also enjoyed Super Mario Sunshine, though I can understand why others don't. Removing the focus from pure platforming and adding that water cannon does change the feel of the game a great deal. It's still a good game though, you just have to learn to deal with it. The levels where you have to clean up crap can still sod off though.

Obviously off-topic, but the biggest problem with SMS for me is that there is no variety in levels, which is important for platformers. It's all the tropical island setting.

[Darth Marsden]

Daikatana.

Think about it for a second - did you actually play the full game? Do you know anyone who did? Well, you do now, 'cause I did, but you get the idea.

[Pony Bone]

Anyone remember Joust? Yeaaaah. Joust.

[Chyron8472]

Nightshade for the NES.

http://i.imgur.com/gs4FC.jpg

I've only heard maybe one other person ever say they had even played it (besides the Happy Video Game Nerd).

[DAISHI]

nightshade for the nes.

http://i.imgur.com/gs4fc.jpg

i've only heard maybe one other person ever say they had even played it (besides the happy video game nerd).

Oh man THIS THING WAS AWESOME

[Remolay]

wacky wheels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vVIiKp6xMs

rise of the triad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqAQLHkRs18


These

Also:
Gubble.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/Gubble.JPG

And Mort the Chicken.
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/1992/466869-mort_large.jpg

[MusicallyInspired]

Zaxxon, Pooyan, Rad Warrior, and anything else made for the CoCo3.

Crusader: No Remorse, which just came out on Good Old Games. Also, a particularly awful DOS FPS called Nerves of Steel.

[DAISHI]

Here's an old adventure game that I thought was popular but I never see come up in references here on the forum.

Beneath a Steel Sky
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Beneath_a_Steel_Sky_Coverart.png
I'm a big sucker for dystopian future sci fi stories, and Beneath a Steel Sky always fit the bill. You play Robert, a man living in the Gap, uncivilized wastelands between the large cities. In the introduction, you're kidnapped and hauled to Union City for reasons unknown. This entire intro is voiced over comic panels by comic illustrator Dave Gibbons.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Beneath_a_Steel_Sky_-_hunting_kangaroos.jpg
The game plays out like most adventure games with a full interface of looking, picking up and using. You have an inventory interface above screen, and you're sent on your way to escape Union City. You start on the topmost level in a smog filled city in the sky and must make your way to ground level and escape. As you do, you move through progressively more affluent neighborhoods, all the time exposed to messages of consumerism and the need to spend, spend spend. It's implied that Union City is at 'economic war' with other cities, all which create products for sale that fuel their security and government. However, your escape becomes wrapped in a far more sinister plot.
http://images.wikia.com/vsrecommendedgames/images/f/f3/Beneath_a_Steel_Sky.png
Two elements added some uniqueness to your adventure. First was your robotic sidekick and comedic relief, Joey. He can accomplish various things, assisting your in some tasks. However, as you progress, you'll be able to upgrade the 'shell' he exists in, making him ever larger and capable of different things. To be blunt, he starts in a vacuum robots shell and grows more sophisticated over time as you find new shells. A second element that set the game apart was a digital world you could link into to discover new information. Perhaps simply a new coat of paint, it still broke up the game into something a little different and more bizarre.
http://alltommac.se/files/2009/09/LINC-Space.PNG
Overall I'd really recommend Beneath a Steel Sky. The plot is great, the puzzles never felt to me to be too bizarre (in the real world. Lincspace is bizarre but only lasts for spurts). I always felt like the puzzles were just challenging enough to stump me for a bit without asking me to make ridiculous leaps of logic. But in the end what I remember about BASS is the ending, and how great I thought the conclusion was, beyond appealing to my most internal issues... problems with authority and dystopian big government. Give it a shot!
http://playthenes.com/zen/conquered/beneath_a_steel_sky_DOS.png

[Darth Marsden]

You forgot to link to the free download (http://www.scummvm.org/downloads/#extras)! Don't worry though, I gotcha back.

[Comrade Pants]

http://www.nesfiles.com/NES/Silent_Service/Silent_Service_cart.jpg

Wait, what the hell? I have an obscure old game and not a joke? IT'S TRUE!

Did anyone else play this?

http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Silent_Service_NES_ScreenShot1.jpg
http://www.nes-site.com/hall_of_lame/pics/silent_service_01.gif

You basically controlled an American submarine in World War Two and hunted Japanese naval convoys in the South Pacific. Fun times. For its time it was very technically sophisticated and its level of detail, simulation and realism were unparalleled on the NES.

[DAISHI]

You forgot to link to the free download (http://www.scummvm.org/downloads/#extras)! Don't worry though, I gotcha back.

Also it has an awesome new update for ipad/iphon that's only 2 bucks with slightly updated content and new interface.

[Darth Marsden]

Yeah, but it's not free.

Here's an odd one - Black Buccaneer. (http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/blackbuccaneer/index.html) Again, don't bother tracking it down. Not that great, TBH.

EDIT: I present to you the most useless review ever. Read it (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/148219/reviews/black-buccaneer-review/), then tell me what the game's like.

[harrisonpink]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/Hugo%27s_House_of_Horrors_Screenshot.png
Hugo's House of Horrors. Also Hugo II and Hugo III.

Also:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/TheKrionConquest_boxart.png
The Krion Conquest. For some reason I loved this little Mega Man ripoff.

[DAISHI]

The Hugo series was awesome!

[Comrade Pants]

Doubtful

[ShaggE]

I'm both elated and slightly depressed at how many of these games I've played/still play.

[GuruGuru214]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/GuruGuru214/2011-08-02152720.jpg

I played it a little but never got into it. It was my dad who loved it.

[Comrade Pants]

(Ohshitsilentservice.)

I played it a little but never got into it. It was my dad who loved it.

http://www.myfacewhen.com/images/22.jpg

My gob! Of all the people who could have this game, you were on it!?

Time to get drunk...er.

[RetroVortex]

I wish I had a NES....
(And a SEGA Saturn. I never had either sadly... :( )

[GuruGuru214]

My gob! Of all the people who could have this game, you were on it!?

Time to get drunk...er.

The great thing is that my NES library isn't even all that big. Silent Service just happens to be one of the 18 NES games I have.

[Alcoremortis]

I'm starting to wish that I knew where all the other games that I played as a little kid went. Aside from the one I already mentioned, I can't remember any of the titles.

[tbm1986]

I'm pleased I found this thread.

Ingrid's Back! (Level 9 Computing (defunct) for IBM PS/1 (DOS), Amstrad CPC (DOS), Amiga, C64 and assorted other ancient platforms)
Great little text-based adventure game released in the late 80s. Witty storyline and backstory, set in a village of gnomes. The protagonist has to save her neighbours from being evicted by the squire of the manor, then sneak around his manor undercover as a maid to rustle up enough evidence to put him behind bars (before she gets caught in the act). Very clunky gameplay and often after 5 mins when you changed rooms, the changing backdrop would get screwed up. Still had charm. Would like a bug-free version to use in DosBox.

Titus the Fox (DOS)
I only played the shareware version. 2D platformer. Medieval setting One touch and you're dead. Items you need to stack in order to get higher are gone forever if you throw them by accident, so you can't complete the level without restarting. Oh dear. Still wouldn't mind getting hold of the full game.

Crystal Caves (DOS)
Played it as shareware for years but bought the game from the current licence holders off the internet for less than $10. The shareware episode is the most fun but is also by far the easiest.

Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Sega Master System)
Charming little 2D platformer with catchy music and oh-so-many levels. Clunky gameplay because of the hardware. Rock-paper-scissors matches have fixed choices for the opponent most of the time. RAM saving in an emulator at the beginning of a match recommended.

Quackshot (Sega Megadrive)
One of many 2D platformers released by Disney at the time. Gameplay is clunky but charming. Storyline is for the most part followable. Could have done with a difficult cart ride just before the final fight.

Ariel the Little Mermaid (Sega Megadrive)
Undersea platformer. Very short, nothing to do with the film and no storyline. Very shit. Also, there was a life counter (the health bar refills every time it reaches empty) but is internal so you get the Game Over screen without warning.

Captain Planet and the Planeteers (Sega Megadrive)
Much like Ariel, except the levels were better designed and there was a smidgeon of storyline. No life counter but, if higher than default, next level starts you off with the amount of energy and weaponry with which you finished the last.

Aladdin (Sega Megadrive)
Another Disney 2D platformer. Very good game, imo. Loosely followed the film, good graphics and soundtrack. Gameplay and level layout also good.

Jungle Book (Sega Megadrive)
Disney 2D platformer. Yawn. Loosely follows the film. Different visuals and gameplay to Aladdin but you can tell the same team made it at around the same time because the cheat code combinations are the same (even though the outcome is different).

Power Rangers the Movie (Sega Megadrive)
Fighting/platformer game. Didn't even try to follow the film. So much they could have done but didn't. Soundtrack is the only saviour for this shit game.

Star Trek TNG (can't remember which one) (Sega Megadrive)
Good fun, good plot, took ages to navigate the alien ship and figure out what to do, kept dying in the mega-hard mines level. Gave up.

Toejam & Earl 1 (Sega Genesis)
Isometric POV platformer with a twist. Collect 10 rocketship pieces on 24 'levels', collecting presents (powerups) and avoiding Earthlings along the way. Very funny and unique way of celebrating 90s US culture. Imagine you're from the Middle/Far East or outer space, have no knowledge of Western World life at all, find yourself in the US in the early 90s, smoke some hemp and go on a rampage and you're pretty much there.

Chip's Challenge (C64, various Ataris, Windows 3.1)
Puzzle game. Collect objects on grid, avoid baddies and encounter different terrain/powerups, head to exit. Like Lemmings, hundreds of levels, each passworded for access later (but the same saves number of levels completed). Cute game, had a lot of fun playing it. Available nowadays on PC as Tile World, WebCC and Chuck's Challenge for iProducts.

[MusicallyInspired]

Chip's Challenge. ;) Great game.

You've reminded me of another old Win 3.1 game called Icebreaker which was fantastic. Still haven't beaten it. Great graphics, interestingly unique gameplay, and hundreds of levels.

[Merekat]

I was severely lacking in the electronics department when I was a kid. What games I did manage to play were few and far between. But when I finally got my first computer (Windows 3.1!), I was able to play these games:

Hugo 1 & 2. I remember being stuck on first room in Hugo 2. I didn't know that hole in the wall was a dumbwaiter... until my mum helped me. I obviously was not good enough for this game. :P

I played the first Castle of the Winds (http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Castle_of_the_Winds) at a friends place. Loved it. I eventually I got CotW: Lifthransir's Bane for myself. A lot of my time went into this little game when I should've been studying. I remember dying a lot. Good times.

Monster Bash (http://www.dosgamesonline.com/index/game/119/Monster_Bash.html) & Skunny: Back to the Forest (http://www.dosgamesonline.com/index/game/266/Skunny_-_Back_to_the_Forest.html) were others I played. But I got tired of them quickly. Not a big platformer myself.

[harrisonpink]

Star Trek TNG (can't remember which one) (Sega Megadrive)
Good fun, good plot, took ages to navigate the alien ship and figure out what to do, kept dying in the mega-hard mines level. Gave up.


That darned mine level! That level is burned in my mind forever!

[Friar]

http://www.cdaccess.com/jpg/shared/front/large/pinkphpp.jpg
The Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfkGUTJfJ6A&feature=related)
I loved this game growing up. Yet i've never met anyone else who's played it. It's the perfect adventure game for young children (and adults alike), with various educational songs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ryUBaDNoCs&feature=player_detailpage#t=128s) (not as bad as it sounds, honest!), and you travel around the globe, namely the dead sea (looking for the only living thing), siberia (where you find a colony of giant rats, a bossy kid, a elderly woman with huge toenails, a polar bear and a mammoth), Ancient greece, Borneo and kenya. It was an awesome game, and the best thing was that they included a full walkthrough in the game! (accessibly through the menu)

It's difficult to get hold of now, even by non-legal methods. Definately worth a shot if you can track it down though. It's still one of my favourite adventure games.

[JedExodus]

The Hugo series was awesome!

I remember as a young grasshopper reading a review for the first Hugo game, I never played it but they said "it's as much fun as scraping your balls with a rusty file"

Why can I remember this from a decade ago but need to ask my brother when my Dads birthday is?

[tbm1986]

New addition:

Cybermorph (Atari Jaguar)
Space shoot-em-up. 5 stages of 9 planets each, where you collect butter-yellow objects that look like two square-based pyramids joined at the base (called pods) over various terrain but with the blockiness of Minecraft. A few basic viewing angles, range of weapons, differently-behaving enemy ships and local defences, buildings, pod prisons, vortex towers (that turn the ground black and eat pods), force fields, spikes, teleporters and bonus round. 9th planet is the boss planet of the stage, only accessible once the other 8 planetary missions are complete. The graphics were limited by the console, so I can forgive them for that. Great fun. The planet designs were very clever and greative. Progressive difficulty, gets hard quite quickly. Soundtrack is pretty disposable and it's a blessing they left it out altogether during planetary missions. Computer guide is female and has razor-sharp wit.

Jaguar consoles are very hard to come by now (thankfully I still have one that works) and, to my knowledge, there are only two emulators for Windows, both of which don't behave because the Jaguar is so hard to emulate, given its peculiar architecture. A sequel was released, called Battlemorph. It features underwater levels, new objects to find, better soundtracks and room levels that are probably similar to Doom. Sadly, it was released for the Jaguar CD-ROM add-on, which are a lot rarer than the consoles themselves.

The Jaguar was one of the reasons Atari declined.

[ShaggE]

Why can I remember this from a decade ago but need to ask my brother when my Dads birthday is?

September 18th, duh.

(I have a 1 in 365 chance of blowing your mind right now...)

[crfh]

Games of the Commodore 16. Labyrinth, Moon Landing, Dragon. Yeah, I just dated myself.

Did any of you guys ever played Gorilla.bas? It was pretty good.

[Iryon]

Did any of you guys ever played Gorilla.bas? It was pretty good.

You mean that game with the exploding bananas?

[crfh]

That one! Man, I loved the music.

[Chyron8472]

Did any of you guys ever played Gorilla.bas? It was pretty good.


You still can: http://www.kongregate.com/games/Moly/gorillas-bas

[tbm1986]

There's also this game I found on the web years ago but there was a matter of paying for the full version. I wish I had in retrospect because it was a good game. It was within the years 2005-2007 that I found it, I think. I doubt it was 2008 but I could be wrong.

It was episodic and the gameplay was entirely made up of dialogue trees. This might sound really tedious, boring and easy but it was anything but. Only one sequence would land you at the end, with about 3-5 choices every time and 10-20 of these in an episode, it was tough. The storyline was gripping, even if the graphics were very Flash.

The first episode is taken from the point of view of a man who has this videotape to give to his boss but he leaves it in a bar, where this blonde woman picks it up. She's a very clever femme fatale. Tall, slim, busty, well-dressed, razor-sharp tongue, hard as nails. Only by agreeing to a slow dance with her do you end up with the tape. Nearly all the other options result in you empty-handed and/or dead.

The other episode I played featured this same woman on trial for murder. The prosecutor, jury and...well...everybody except her lawyer are convinced she did it. She was set up and it's very compelling evidence but with the right answers from the witness box, you can slowly and dramatically shift the tide. The lady's boyfriend, a portly businessman/perhaps-baron with a monacle, maybe in his 50s, is involved in the conspiracy.

If anybody else has played this game and can give me any information at all so that I may track it down and buy it, I'd be very grateful.

If my memory serves correctly, the first episode was in a Flash window but the court scene was full-screen, albeit all with Flash graphics.

[corruptbiggins]

Did any of you guys ever played Gorilla.bas? It was pretty good.

The best part about that game for me was looking through the code and seeing what did what. It was what started my interesting in coding, played around with QuickBASIC a lot after that. Was also a book which got you to make BASIC programs while reading it. Can't remember what it was called though. Think it had Million Dollars in there somewhere but I could be completely wrong.

[RetroVortex]

I must find out where that silly choose-your-own-adventure website is.

I remember me and my friend at school had loads of fun, going to that site and adding to the sillyness.

[tbm1986]

Also, does anyone have a copy of Erotica Island 2? I have the first one somewhere and mildly enjoyed some of it, mainly the fact it was an adventure game rather than every girl looking pretty much the same or the humour that only a 12yo boy would snigger at.

[ted12]

Definitely not old, but everyone gives me a bizzare look whenever I so much as mention the excellent freeware game Barkley: Shut up and Jam Gaiden.

...

Oh, not you, too!!!

[Johro]

Castle/Island of Dr.Brain

stupid games making you learn stuff. Bah.

[Krohn]

Eco on the Amiga
http://www.gameclassification.com/files/games/Eco.png

[harrisonpink]

How about Spectre (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=213pS0nPSX0&feature=related)?

The only game I remember owning on my Macintosh Quadra 640(?)

[corruptbiggins]

Just follow up my last post, I've remembered what that book was called - Million Dollar Gamble, part of the Micro Adventure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Adventure) series.

[Comrade Pants]

http://images.wikia.com/wasteland/images/d/df/Wasteland_Cover.jpg

[coolsome]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNltVGIVEuY/Tgi9Kq1Q7fI/AAAAAAAAAUM/1n0p30ONikk/s1600/Claymates.jpg

[doodinthemood]

How bout some of dis:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1b/Bill%27s_Tomato_Game_Coverart.png

or dis:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Intelligent_Qube.jpg

Absolutely love old games. Was half considering rebuying all my old consoles, but am settling waiting for a handheld emulator.

[Friar]

Me and my sister had tons of fun playing Goof Troop on the SNES growing up. Back when disney games were awesome. It's a fantastic co-op game, which I guess could be seen as a bit similair to zelda. Only with levels instead of dungeons.
http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Goof_Troop_SNES_ScreenShot2.jpg
http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/snes/d/goof-1.gif

[Alex IDV]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNltVGIVEuY/Tgi9Kq1Q7fI/AAAAAAAAAUM/1n0p30ONikk/s1600/Claymates.jpg

I love Claymates <3

I didn't buy it (and an SNES) until very recently, but I played it a lot with my friend when I was 6 or so.

[DAISHI]

Me and my sister had tons of fun playing Goof Troop on the SNES growing up. Back when disney games were awesome. It's a fantastic co-op game, which I guess could be seen as a bit similair to zelda. Only with levels instead of dungeons.
http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Goof_Troop_SNES_ScreenShot2.jpg
http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/snes/d/goof-1.gif

The game upon which all of Resident Evil is based.

[tbm1986]

I've been playing Kudos Rock Legend and Euro Truck Simulator for the past few days. I'm sorry to say that both are extremely limited in gameplay possibilities and are immensely predictable.

KRL has a most unrealistic songwriting feature that requires a unique theme to each part of a song. These songs all have the same structure. The main character you play is always the vocalist and can't double for another role. You can only have one guitarist. The list goes on. The CDs you can buy for inspiration will only unlock 1 theme each and there is only 1 CD per genre. The same goes for watching other bands at gigs. Nobody like potential managers or band bookers approach you. There's a glitch where sometimes if you have bought items higher than eg. grade 1 and subsequently sold your grade 1 stuff, the band members complain that they don't have an item of that type at all.

ETS has a small (<4) cities per country to visit, they all look the same, you aren't reminded if you forgot to pick up the trailer for your current job, the trucks all look and sound similar. There are no NPCs, campaign storylines, special challenges, nothing.

All that said, I would welcome a worthwhile expansion pack or sequel to either if most of these issues were fixed.

[ShaggE]

^ Ugh, yes. Kudos RL is infuriating because it could have been so amazing. At least it's not as incredibly depressing as the first Kudos. (something about the way it presents life is just unbearable to me)

[Chyron8472]

CyberWar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberwar_%28game%29), sequel to The Lawnmower Man: the video game.

It actually was a really fun game.

[Remolay]

Apparently Ghost Master, No one else knows what that game is. Seriously, that game is fun.

[DAISHI]

Has anyone mentioned "Harvester" ?

[tbm1986]

^ Ugh, yes. Kudos RL is infuriating because it could have been so amazing. At least it's not as incredibly depressing as the first Kudos. (something about the way it presents life is just unbearable to me)

I think technically if Kudos can (very poorly) emulate The Sims without copyright issues, then another company (Ubisoft?) can take the good ideas out of KRL and make a great game out of it that lives up to the potential the original had.

I've been thinking for a while now about making a music festival game in Game Maker (not the most ideal game engine to use because it's not suited to simulator games but it's cheap) where you act as CFO and band booker (and initially COO until you hold big enough events to warrant hiring someone to do that for you). Most of the year, you see a home screen interface much like KRL and have weekly/monthly magazines to read, get fliers sent in, emails and calls from agents, etc. throughout the year, hire sites, watch gigs, receive bulletins about signings to other festivals and arena tours and negotiate deals with bands and land owners, as well as approach bands personally, do ticket launch, dates, etc and read feedback from fans. Then at the event/s you run, you have a map of the venue that has stuff happening that changes every 15 minutes (3 seconds of playing time) while the bands are on. Popup events occur, eg. band failing to turn up, riots breaking out, a guest band you can talk to backstage, that kind of thing, where you can choose a decision from a list, each having a different outcome, with probabilities of success based on certain variables.

Actually, thinking about it, it can't be terribly hard to remake KRL in Game Maker and implement features that should have been there from the beginning/expanded (it is possible to expand anyway by editting the text strings in the resource files).

[RetroVortex]

Kudos 2 doesn't even WORK on my laptop, so I won't ever know if it ever improved on the original games.

The original games were pretty decent, but very limited.

At least with Game Maker, scripts and DLLs make games pretty flexible.
(Though it still is god aweful at anything 3D related...)

[tbm1986]

Kudos 2 doesn't even WORK on my laptop, so I won't ever know if it ever improved on the original games.

The original games were pretty decent, but very limited.

At least with Game Maker, scripts and DLLs make games pretty flexible.
(Though it still is god aweful at anything 3D related...)

Wtf how can it not work? If the game is as mediocre as online reviews and its wiki page suggest, I'm surprised it can't run on W98SE systems with 4MB graphics cards with no GPU. It's basically an oversimplified Sims 1.

I've still to learn how DLLs can be used. I can do simple paths like move enemies and write scripts like a hits_left decrimenting counter for a level boss or portalkeepers.

My main problem that lacks my motivation is I'm rubbish with graphics and sound production. If someone were to collaborate with me on that score, we both had a clear idea for the game and could agree on everything, I'm sure I could produce things.

[tbm1986]

Last night I started work on expanding KRL from my knowledge of music and what I like (not quite interchangeable), using the csv resource files and adding some more sounds. I did do lists of bands, traits and ability-improving lessons but in order to avoid something beginning with 'copy' and ending in 'ment', I had to snapshot the lists as images and sadly, I cannot upload to Photobucket from work.

So I shall do this when I get online at home tonight (British Time) to narrow down the interest to those that will actually enjoy the improvements. I shall provide the csvs and mp3s (the game uses ogg but I'll use mp3s if it will let me) when I'm done but downloaders must have the music featured already in their collection or I'm providing them with fr33 music (which I'm not personally against but I don't want my arse su'd).

How long I take on this project will depend on my free time, bugs I encounter and how long it'll take me to take snippets from my music collection. Get ready to rock!

[tbm1986]

As promised...

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...986/Traits.jpg

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...1986/Bands.jpg

I've also decided to change sax for guitar in every way I can, to swap the medium and hard parts in practice/musicianship to fit what else I'm adding (I may even plug my own guitar in for this!). I'm also adding/changing items for sale for things like backdrop, props, etc..

It also turns out that mp3 support is not available in-game, so I'll find a way to chop mp3s and convert them to Ogg Vorbis. Everything else, bar debugging, is pretty simple. The game will be so rich in new material that testing will be a joy rather than a chore!